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feni
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Upload requests limit

You have in the docs: "We recommend uploading many files in parallel to increase throughput." How many `files_upload()` functions I can call in a second? Do you have limits for this 100, 1000, 10k?
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feni
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

So, is your doc line "We recommend uploading many files in parallel to increase throughput." incorrect?

I don't understand. If I have 100 files less than 150 MB each what is the correct way to upload?

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    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    No, it's not incorrect. It's referring to using using the upload session batch functionality to do so. (Specifically, that line is from the documentation for /2/files/upload_session/finish_batch.) Please refer to the Data Ingress Guide for information on using that. You can use that if you have to upload many files, even if they are each smaller than 150 MB.

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